Reed v. Sale Memorial Hospital & Clinic

HOGAN, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiff Joyce Reed was employed as a medical records clerk by the Sale Memorial Hospital and Clinic, a hospital operated by the individual defendants as a partnership. While she was so employed, plaintiff sustained an injury compensable under the provisions of the Workers’ Compensation Law, Chapter 287, RSMo 1978. She was summarily discharged from employment September 29, 1976. Thereafter plaintiff brought this statutory action for wrongful discharge as a result of her exercise of her rights under the Workers’ Compensation Law. Section 287.780, RSMo 1978. A jury…